Transportation Costs Make Some Dream Homes Costly Nightmares
Found your dream home out in the suburbs at a fantastic price? Well, it may not be as cheap as you think. According to a new study released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
View ArticleCarrion Leaves DC, Gets Closer to Where he Can Run for Mayor
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation, May 4) Since leaving his office as Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrion has been Obama's Urban Czar, logging lots of frequent flyer miles but not scoring...
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Transportation Spending is Target of Waste Watchdogs
(Washington, DC - Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) The enemies of pork barrel spending are taking aim at the latest transportation funding bill. That’s despite the fact that earmarks in the bill...
View ArticleHUD Announces New Round of Foreclosure Relief
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are among the recipients of a new round of federal funding aimed at helping with the housing foreclosure crisis.New York will receive a total of about $20 million....
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NY Gubernatorial Candidate Cuomo releases Green Agenda
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) -- Four days before election day, Democratic Candidate for NY Governor Andrew Cuomo released a green agenda. It's slighter than some of his other agenda...
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Poticha, Blumenauer Tout Livability Push, Look Ahead to 2013
EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson, HUD's Shelley Poticha, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at a Metropolitan Planning Council meeting in 2009. Photo by Michael Prischman(Matt Dellinger – Transportation...
View ArticleFeds: Mortgage Company Duped Agency for Nearly a Decade
The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan on Tuesday accused one of the nation’s largest privately held mortgage companies of a decade of fraudulent lending — costing the government hundreds of millions of...
View ArticleHousing Secretary Shaun Donovan Backs Mortgage Settlement Plan
The U.S. Housing Secretary praised the federal-state settlement endorsed by the state’s Attorney General on Friday, saying help is on the way for homeowners facing foreclosure.New York joined a $25...
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HUD Secretary Highlights Central Florida Commuter Line as Sprawl Fighter --...
HUD Secretary Shaun DonovanPlanners designing around Central Florida’s SunRail future commuter line are working to bring walkable communities around rail stops, said Shaun Donovan, secretary for the...
View ArticleFair Game
New York Times Social Q’s columnist Philip Galanes gives advice on how to survive the holidays—from regifting to navigating boozy office parties. Susannah Cahalan describes her month of madness, caused...
View ArticleHousing Integration
ProPublica reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones; Fred Freiberg, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Justice Center; and Betsy Julian, former Housing and Urban Development executive, discuss why the 1968...
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Rebuilding in the Flood Zone, the Same Way as Before
Midland Beach, Staten Island, is a working-class neighborhood on the eastern shore of Staten Island that sits just a few feet above sea level. It is exactly the kind of neighborhood where, according to...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Donovan Reflects On Sandy's First Anniversary
One year ago today, millions of residents on the East Coast emerged from a night of record winds and torrential rain to find their neighborhoods and communities transformed.Hurricane Sandy devastated...
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Contest Finalists Envision New Barriers for Regional Storm Protection
Organizers of a design contest devised to better prepare Sandy-devastated regions for future storms have announced the competition’s 10 finalists.Projects were judged by their affordability and...
View ArticleService Dog at Center of Landord Discrimination Complaint
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Monday that it filed discrimination charges against landlords in the Bronx for trying to evict tenants for keeping a service dog.The...
View ArticleFlood Protection With Design in Mind
New York is no longer New Amsterdam, but now it's looking to its European sister city for advice on flood protection.Faced with the task of rebuilding after Sandy, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan...
View ArticleHUD May Make NYC Compete for Sandy Aid
Washington is playing hardball with Sandy aid money.The Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering asking cities and states around the country that have suffered recent disasters to...
View ArticleFeds Say Some Sandy Aid Money is Flowing Too Freely
For months, the region's shorelines have been howling with the cries of homeowners waiting for much-needed Sandy aid to reach them. But the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is singing a...
View ArticleCity Housing Policy Reviewed For Possible Civil Rights Violations
The Wall Street Journalreports the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is reviewing New York City's housing policies to determine whether the practice of setting aside affordable units for...
View ArticleHUD Warns NYC It's Too Slow with Sandy Funds
Federal housing officials have warned the de Blasio administration that, despite progress on its recovery program, it has not been drawing down Sandy aid quickly enough and risks losing a part of...
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Rising sea levels force U.S. to resettle Native American tribe
Isle de Jean Charles, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA. Photo by Matthew D. White/Getty ImagesA Native American tribe located in the coastal Louisiana will become the first community in U.S. history...
View ArticlePublic Housing Invites Private Developers
The New York City Housing Authority plans to transfer about 5,000 thousand apartments in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx into a program that relies on private developers to invest in and manage...
View ArticleBaltimore: A Microcosm of the Nation's Public Housing
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro is on the short list of vice presidential candidates for Hillary Clinton. He's a...
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Trump taps former campaign rival Carson as housing secretary
File photo of Ben Carson by Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus/ReutersWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump, moving to complete formation of his Cabinet and decide other key posts, chose former campaign...
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Neurosurgeon and former rival Ben Carson is Trump’s HUD nominee
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The death toll keeps rising in that warehouse fire in Oakland, California, to at least 36. The building erupted into flames Friday night during a dance...
View ArticleBen Carson: HUD Secretary and Other Transition Developments
Anna Palmer, Senior Washington Correspondent for POLITICO, discusses the latest news from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House, including the appointment of former GOP...
View ArticleConfirmation Hearings Continue; Trump and the Media; The New Middle Class; A...
For today's show, you'll hear:Charles Bagli, New York Times reporter covering the intersection of real estate and politics, discusses President Elect Donald Trump's pick for Housing and Urban...
View ArticleConfirmation Hearings Continue for Carson, Mattis and Pompeo
Charles Bagli, New York Times reporter covering the intersection of real estate and politics, discusses the confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Housing and Urban...
View ArticleCuts to Public Housing Threaten the Already Cash-Strapped Housing Authority
Officials say a $35 million dollar cut in federal funding will create a dire situation for the New York City Housing Authority, the largest portfolio of public housing in the country. "This troubling...
View Article#AskTheMayor: Trump-Appointed HUD Advisor, Citi Bike Rider Death, Opioid...
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including President Trump's appointment of former event planner, Lynne Patton, as senior advisor and...
View ArticleHUD Pulls Back From Reports of Appointing Trump Loyalist to Housing Post
After facing a round of criticism from local officials, the Trump administration denied a published report that a family employee without experience in running housing programs was appointed a new...
View ArticleDoes Sheriff Joe Arpaio Deserve a Pardon from the President?; Mayoral Primary...
Coming up on today's show: Joe Arpaio, the notorious former sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, was convicted of contempt of court in a charge related to a class-action lawsuit alleging that his...
View ArticleWhat's Going on at HUD?
Alec MacGillis, ProPublica political reporter and author of The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell , talks about his recent article in New York Magazine, "Is Anybody Home at HUD?" The...
View ArticleNew Rule Lets Low-Income Families Move Out of Poor Neighborhoods
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThere are about four million Americans who have some kind of housing assistance, either through a section eight voucher or some other program. But...
View ArticleNew Jersey Offers Homeowners More Help, Six Years After Sandy
Sharon Zappia enjoys her Sunday morning ritual: She sits on the front porch of the Atlantic City house she’s owned for 36 years, sips a hot cup of coffee, and listens to the church bells ring out. Then...
View ArticleA Federal Takeover of NYCHA?
HUD secretary Ben Carson is threatening to put NYCHA in "substantial default" if the housing agency does not come up with a satisfactory plan by January 31 to repair the housing stock. Courtney Gross,...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Ben Carson Visits New York Public Housing
On Tuesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson toured the largest public housing project in the nation, Queensbridge Housing.The sprawling complex, which houses more than 6,500...
View ArticleShutdown Causes Confusion Among Landlords and Tenants Relying on Federal...
The federal shutdown, now in its fourth week, is causing confusion and concern among landlords and tenants who depend on rental assistance. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is still...
View ArticleNew York's Public Housing Faces Federal Takeover Threat
Conditions in New York City Housing Authority's buildings have worsened over the years to the point where it's possible the federal government could take it over. That's what's at stake on Thursday,...
View ArticleDe Blasio Agrees to More Oversight by HUD to Fix Public Housing
New York City and U.S. housing officials announced a deal Thursday that will keep the city's massive public housing system out of federal receivership, but require the city to spend $2.2 billion over...
View ArticleBen Carson: 'There's Plenty of Blame to Go Around' for NYCHA's Woes
New York City and U.S. housing officials announced a deal Thursday that will keep the city’s massive public housing system out of federal receivership, but require the city to spend $2.2 billion over...
View ArticleObjecting to the NYCHA/HUD Deal
New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres (15th District — Bedford Park, Fordham, Belmont, Mount Hope, Bathgate, East Tremont, West Farms, Van Nest, Allerton, Olinville), chair of the Council’s...
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NYCHA Hires Private 'Slumlord' to Run Public Housing
The New York City Housing Authority has hired a private property manager with a questionable reputation to manage two large public-housing developments under a federal program to raise money for...
View ArticleTalking NYCHA with Lynne Patton
Lynne Patton, the Housing and Urban Development administrator for New York and New Jersey, talks about the current state of NYCHA, including her month-long stay in public housing."I now know what it’s...
View ArticleAs HUD Secretary, Marcia Fudge Inherits Housing Crisis and Agency in Crisis
On Wednesday, Marcia Fudge was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development in a bipartisan vote. She’ll be the second Black woman in the role — the first in more than four decades. As HUD...
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